sell short
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Momentum strategies invest stocks with the best trailing-year returns and sell short those with the worst.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
That could help lift the stock, which may now be being held back as arbitrageurs buy Lennar and sell short Millrose to capture a favorable spread of about 6% on the deal.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025
We underestimate how pleasant the exchange will be—for us and for our counterpart—and sell short our conversational chops.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2025
Right now, there are hardly any shares left to borrow and sell short.
From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2024
Paulson had never encountered a market in which an investor could sell short 25 billion dollars’ worth of a stock or bond without causing its price to move, even crash.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
